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12— ANGOLA BEE-EATER. 



Merops Angolensis, Ind. Orn. i. 273. Gm.Lin.i. 463. 

 Apiaster Angolensis, Bris. iv. 558. t. 44. 1. A. Id. 8vo. ii. 200. 

 Petit Guepier vert et blanc a queue etagee, Buf. vi. 503. 

 Angola Bee-Eater, Gen. Si/n. ii. 679. Shaio's Zool. viii. 176. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill three quarters of an inch, 

 and black ; irides red ; upper parts of the head, neck, body, and 

 wings green, with a slight gloss of gold ; on each side of the head 

 an ash-coloured stripe, dotted with black, from the bill, through the 

 eye ; throat yellow ; fore part of the neck of an elegant chestnut ; 

 breast, belly, sides, and thighs, greenish blue, with a slight gold 

 tinge ; under tail coverts greenish, with a little mixture of chestnut ; 

 quills green, within and beneath cinereous; tail beneath cinereous ; 

 above green, the side feathers margined with cinereous ; the shape 

 cuneiform, each feather shortening as it is more outward, so that the 

 last is very short ; legs ash-colour. 



Inhabits the kingdom of Angola in Africa, from whence a draw- 

 ing was sent to M. Brisson, by M. Le Poivre. 



13— CALONTAN BEE-EATER. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill black ; head, shoulders, upper 

 wing coverts, scapulars, and two middle tail feathers yellow-green ; 

 between the bill and eye a black line, passing beneath the latter 

 and growing broad behind it, ending in a point; chin and throat 

 yellow ; on the breast a blackish mark, bounded below with dark 

 reddish brown ; belly and vent rufous yellow ; prime quills reddish 



